Al Richter

Who is Al Richter?

Allen Gordon Richter is a retired American professional baseball player. A shortstop, he was listed at 5 feet 11 inches tall and 165 pounds. He batted and threw right-handed.

Richter played ten seasons in minor league baseball and appeared in six Major League games for the Boston Red Sox in the 1951 and 1953 seasons, hitting a single in 11 at bats for a .091 batting average while scoring one run. In four fielding appearances, he made clean plays on his 20 chances and posted a 1.000 fielding percentage. His lone hit came off Spec Shea at Yankee Stadium on September 30, 1951.

Richter's finest minor league season came in 1951, when he batted .321 with 164 hits in 129 games played at the Triple-A level.